Between the Lines and Beyond: Letters of a 101st Airborne Paratrooper
- ISBN-10
- 1577471415
- ISBN-13
- 9781577471417
- Category
- Arnhem, Battle of, Arnhem, Netherlands, 1944
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-02-01
- Authors
- 2nd, Guy Carleton Whidden, Guy Whidden
Description
This book recounts the author's experiences as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne in World War II through letters written home to his mother. As the title suggests, Guy's censored letters often forced his family to read "between the lines" to figure out the many subtle messages he was sending. Through these letters and Guy's narrative, we relive many of his experiences: Army training and the voyage to England on the S.S. Strathnaver; his historic jumps into Normandy on D-Day and into Holland during Operation Market Garden; and being seriously wounded by a German mortar shell that killed two of his friends nearly causing his own leg to be amputated. These letters show the progression of a young man as he grew in maturity and the resilience of the true and honorable soldier that emerged.
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